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re: Suggestions for alternatives for Soda

Posted on 6/13/17 at 6:26 pm to
Posted by sloopy
Member since Aug 2009
6883 posts
Posted on 6/13/17 at 6:26 pm to
Topo Chico and never look back.

Or lacroix
Posted by TigernMS12
Member since Jan 2013
5530 posts
Posted on 6/13/17 at 6:40 pm to
quote:

La Croix


I love La Croix. It has almost fully supplanted all other non-alcoholic carbonated beverages in my house. Every now and then I'll pick up a Dr. Pepper, but very rarely. I prefer the lemon flavor; my wife drinks the fruitier shite.
Posted by TigernMS12
Member since Jan 2013
5530 posts
Posted on 6/13/17 at 6:42 pm to
quote:

I've tried some sparkling water but, if honestly rather drink plain water because the flavor was not good. It could've been just the brand.. Was just some cheap Great Value stuff.


Try La Croix. I've only talked to one person who didn't like it. He claimed it tasted like tonic. Everyone else says it's like crack.
Posted by Macfly
BR & DS
Member since Jan 2016
8044 posts
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:54 pm to
Try diluting your soda with low sodium club soda, while looking for an alternative.
Posted by secondandshort
Member since Jan 2014
1028 posts
Posted on 6/14/17 at 7:31 am to
Mio has some pretty good flavors. I did whole 30 a while back and would do half and half of fruit juice and carbonated water. It wasn't bad at all.
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
29479 posts
Posted on 6/14/17 at 7:53 am to
Posted by LoneStarTiger
Lone Star State
Member since Aug 2004
15938 posts
Posted on 6/14/17 at 8:01 am to
quote:

What do you guys drink


coffee
water
beer
whiskey
Posted by LoneStarTiger
Lone Star State
Member since Aug 2004
15938 posts
Posted on 6/14/17 at 8:03 am to
quote:

Mio has some pretty good flavors.


we were given a soda stream machine thing and occasionally use it with Mio flavored water
Posted by TigerFanatic99
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Jan 2007
27490 posts
Posted on 6/14/17 at 8:04 am to
quote:

Crystal Light.


This. We keep bottled water chilled in the fridge and mix in a random flavored pack whenever we want something to drink. It's what I used to break the soda habit.

I'm sure the artificial sweetener in it will give me cancer, but at least I won't be obese when it happens.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
18734 posts
Posted on 6/14/17 at 8:29 am to
quote:

Mio has some pretty good flavors.


Yep. Try a few and see what you like. I much prefer the iced tea to the fruit flavors, but they have many options. I refill a water bottle at work and add Mio to the strength desired.

La Croix is my other alternative. Lime and pamplemousse are my favorites.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81604 posts
Posted on 6/14/17 at 8:47 am to
quote:

La Croix



This. BUT...it takes time and at least one 12 pack. You are going to hate it at first. Just think of it as medicine/therapy. I now love at least three of them. Lime and Peach/Pear go great with bourbon btw.
Posted by Hulkklogan
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2010
43296 posts
Posted on 6/14/17 at 9:21 am to
Flavored carbonated water.

La Croix and all of the off brand variants. Wife and I plow through the Albertsons off brand flavored carbonated water.
This post was edited on 6/14/17 at 9:22 am
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
35538 posts
Posted on 6/14/17 at 11:08 am to
Topo Chico. I used to drink soft drinks all the time. This is by far the best sparkling water I've ever had, and I buy multiple 12 packs at a time. Now, when I drink soft drinks, it tastes to me like carbonated water with a bunch of sweet syrup poured into it, since I'm so used to the Topo Chico. I can't even drink soft drinks anymore (which seems to be your goal).

Do yourself a favor and buy it. They have flavored ones that are very subtly flavored too, if you want to try that first before switching to plain sparkling water. I have friends who don't like sparkling water but like Topo Chico. Good luck!

Posted by Sev09
Nantucket
Member since Feb 2011
15555 posts
Posted on 6/14/17 at 11:14 am to
La Croix is fantastic. Just remember: it's NOWHERE near as sweet as a soft drink. After I got used to it, it's all I drink. I still get that addicting zing of the carbonation, but no calories, no aritificial sweeteners, additives or carcinogenic preservatives, and no sugar.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
115511 posts
Posted on 6/14/17 at 11:22 am to
La Croix is the way to go. It took me a little while to get used to it (I hated it at first), but I kept trying different flavors and now its my go too when I'm not drinking water.

I'm pretty much completely off of Coke/Soda at this point.
Posted by WaltTeevens
Santa Barbara, CA
Member since Dec 2013
10953 posts
Posted on 6/14/17 at 11:30 am to
I had a LA Croix and it tasted like chapstick to me.
Posted by RocketTiger
Member since Mar 2014
1108 posts
Posted on 6/14/17 at 12:41 pm to
Zevia. It has all the soda imitations. DP, Coke, Root Beer, etc...
Posted by Haydo
DTX
Member since Jul 2011
2942 posts
Posted on 6/14/17 at 12:57 pm to
La Croix

Favorites:
Grapefruit
Tangerine
Lemon
Lime
Posted by notoriousdog
Member since Aug 2014
25 posts
Posted on 6/14/17 at 3:22 pm to
quote:

Zevia. It has all the soda imitations. DP, Coke, Root Beer, etc...



I'll second this. I love the Black Cherry flavor.
Posted by Parrish
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2014
2098 posts
Posted on 6/14/17 at 3:41 pm to
I saw 750 mL San Pellegrino bottles today. If unfinished, do they last until next day or is too much carbonation lost?

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